ksnip for macOS

ksnip · Open source

ksnip is an open-source tool for taking screenshots and annotating them. It captures a region, a window or the whole screen, and lets you mark up the image right away with arrows, text, boxes and blur.

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✓ Official source (Homebrew)
✓ SHA256 taken from the official repository
✓ Last checked: Nov. 4, 2026
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Version: 1.10.1
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Installer type: dmg

Install from the command line

How do I use this?

This command needs Homebrew; if you don't have it, first run the install command from brew.sh. Then open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal), paste the command and press Enter.

brew install --cask ksnip

SHA256 (file verification)

a029364951e0377f3e625a7af70313d1266145a62185e8e127286b5564b11e08

How to install

Download the .dmg file with the official button.
Drag ksnip into the Applications folder.
Grant the screen recording permission macOS asks for on the first capture.

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